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June 5, 2026, 12:40 PM
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
What to expect at WWDC 2026: an overhauled Siri, a Siri app, a slew of new AI capabilities, OS updates focused on reliability and responsiveness, and more  —  The iPhone maker will attempt its artificial intelligence turnaround on Monday.  —  Apple Inc. will unveil a new artificial intelligence strategy …
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: US officials discussed the US taking stakes in major AI companies after Sam Altman pitched the idea in 2025; Altman met Bernie Sanders on Wednesday  —  The talks have been with artificial-intelligence leaders such as OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, who pitched the idea
Mark Tyson / Tom's Hardware:
Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince says agentic traffic is “growing so fast that bots have now passed human traffic online for the first time”  —  Bot (automated) vs. human HTTP requests are split 57.5 vs. 42.5 percent, according to the firm's latest data.
Wall Street Journal:
Anthropic calls for top AI labs to weigh slowing or temporarily pausing development, suggesting that self-improving AI systems may soon pose societal risks  —  The $1 trillion startup warns that AI models are nearing capability to improve without human intervention
Aaron Holmes / The Information:
In an internal message, Satya Nadella rebuked an internal memo that said Microsoft needs to “make people addicted” to its new AI agent product called Scout  —  Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on Thursday rebuked an internal memo that another company executive had written advocating to …
James Gallagher / BBC:
University of Cambridge researchers say they have developed the first vaccine with a key component entirely designed by AI and subsequently trialed it in humans  —  Artificial intelligence has been used to develop a “fundamentally new” type of vaccine that could protect against large swathes …
OpenAI:
OpenAI updates ChatGPT's memory with a “more capable and compute-efficient” architecture and a summary page that lets users review and steer what it remembers  —  Improving memory synthesis in ChatGPT to optimize for freshness, continuity and relevance.  —  Loading...
Isabelle Lee / Bloomberg:
S&P Dow Jones rejects proposals to expedite S&P 500 eligibility for mega-cap IPOs such as SpaceX's; companies remain ineligible until one year after their IPOs  —  S&P Dow Jones Indices will keep its existing eligibility requirements for the S&P 500, rejecting proposals …
Wired:
Analysis: Meta discreetly added code for an unreleased “NameTag” face-recognition system for its AI smart glasses over multiple Meta AI app updates in 2026  —  Code reviewed by WIRED uncovered an unreleased face-recognition system embedded in Meta's smart glasses platform.
Ryan Christoffel / 9to5Mac:
Apple-funded study: the App Store had $1.4T in billings and sales globally in 2025; apps with consumer AI features saw 4x more billings growth than other apps  —  Apple shares update on 2025 App Store success  —  “Developers are the heartbeat of the App Store, and this year's incredible milestone …
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Over 20 EU news publishers file a claim seeking €640M+ from Google following an EU decision that lets anyone harmed by Google's ad market abuse seek damages  —  Small publishers enabled to take on Google for damages via group claim.  —  More than 20 European news publishers …
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Michael Considine / CNBC:
OpenAI confirms it will comply with President Trump's EO that asks AI companies to allow the US government to assess their models' capabilities before release  —  OpenAI has confirmed it will comply with Donald Trump's executive order that asks AI companies to allow the federal government …
@starlink:
SpaceX says Starlink now has 12M+ “active customers with high-speed internet” across 160+ countries, territories, and other markets, up from 9M in December 2025  —  Starlink is connecting more than 12M active customers with high-speed internet across 160+ countries, territories and many other markets. Thank you to all our customers around the world! 🛰️🌎❤️ → https://starlink.com/12M [image]
Coco Feng / South China Morning Post:
A research team that includes Huawei says it successfully used Huawei's Ascend 910C chips for DeepSeek V4 Pro model's post-training, amid increased US sanctions  —  While Chinese chipmakers have found success in supporting AI inference, they are struggling with the far more complex process of training
Financial Times:
Sources: Anthropic has embedded around half a dozen forward-deployed engineers within the NSA to help the agency deploy Mythos for offensive cyber operations  —  Arrangement comes as AI lab is locked in legal battle with Pentagon over Claude model

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From Mediagazer

Steven McIntosh / BBC:
The BBC says it will close BBC Three and BBC Scotland TV channels in spring 2027, making them online-only, and Radio 4 Extra, with shows moving to BBC Sounds

Bloomberg:
Sources: Legendary Entertainment has made a takeover offer for Lionsgate Studios, reviving on-and-off talks after weighing a bid in 2025; LION closed up 14.41%

Tanya Fedak / Variety:
Streaming guide JustWatch launches its JustWatch TV streaming service in 11 markets, with 30 content partners and free, rental, and ad-free subscription options

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CNBC:
Quantinuum closed up 0.63% in its Nasdaq debut on June 4, bringing its market value to $15.7B, after raising $1.68B in an upsized IPO

Earlier Picks

Jennifer Valentino-DeVries / New York Times:
Internal docs from lawsuits by 1,400+ school districts show how social media companies targeted kids: Meta paid “teen ambassadors”, Snap sent school-hour alerts
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Poke, which lets users access AI agents via text message, becomes the first AI agent approved for Apple's Messages for Business platform; Poke launched in March
Bloomberg:
Sources: Brian Chesky is starting a new AI lab and considering a focus on user interaction and design; he will remain Airbnb's CEO and will not be the lab's CEO
John Ainger / Bloomberg:
In a letter to Utah's Senate President, Kevin O'Leary says he will cut a 40,000-acre data center project in Utah by 19,430 acres, after pressure from lawmakers
CJ Haddad / CNBC:
Supabase, which provides backend tools for building AI apps, raised a $500M Series F led by GIC at a $10B pre-money valuation, up from $5B in October 2025
Jay Peters / The Verge:
Google now lets big creators and publishers in the US claim and customize dedicated Google Search profiles to aggregate their content from multiple platforms
Nivedita Balu / Reuters:
Canada unveils “AI for all”, its AI strategy that it says will help create 250,000 jobs by 2031, with a CA$500M tech fund for investing in homegrown AI startups
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